Funeral services for Gaylon Hargrove, 88, of Hopkinsville, were held on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at Goodwin Funeral Home in Cadiz. Masonic and Eastern Star Rites were given followed by the funeral service. The Revs. Mera Cossey Corlett, Hal Shipley and Paxton Redd officiated. Burial followed in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz. Goodwin Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Hargrove retired as an electrician having worked at Ft. Campbell and he also retired from Johnson Controls in Cadiz. Gaylon had taught at the former Golden Pond School. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, was a Master Mason and dual member of Cadiz Masonic Lodge No. 121 and the Alford-Hardin Masonic Lodge No. 925. Gaylon was also a member of Ophelia Chapter No. 55 and West Land Village Chapter No. 445 order of the Eastern Star.

Gaylon Hargrove was preceded in death by his wife, Myra Bridges Hargrove; his parents, Samuel J. Hargrove and Jewel Douglas Colson Hargrove; brother Howell E. Hargrove; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Dora Mae and Joe Cossey and Sammie Louise and Terry Berg.